When Laura Whitmore announced that she was quitting Love Island, it was a real “you’ve got a text” moment – to use a phrase from the show – that blindsided her fans. But if her departure after two years as its presenter was a shock, it was nowhere near as surprising as what she did next. She swapped the buzz of fronting the UK’s most watched show for treading the boards, taking on the role of Jenny in 2.22 A Ghost Story, running at London’s Criterion Theatre.
From Love Island to ‘luvvie’ is not a career trajectory that many would have anticipated, but Whitmore is nonplussed. “I love that people did not see this coming, but I’m still working in the arts. It’s not like I’ve become a gynaecologist,” she says, when we meet in her dressing room between rehearsals.
